Electronic device

ABSTRACT

An electronic device including a panel and a light control unit is provided. The panel includes a first light-emitting region and a transparent region disposed adjacent to the first light-emitting region. The light control unit is disposed on the panel, wherein the light control unit is overlapped with the first light-emitting region.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority benefit of China application serialno. 202111592568.3, filed on Dec. 23, 2021. The entirety of theabove-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by referenceherein and made a part of this specification.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The disclosure relates to an electronic device, and particularly relatesto an electronic device including a light control unit.

Description of Related Art

In electronic devices, light beams emitted by a display panel havevarious angles. The light beams of some angles may affect quality of animage viewed by a viewer. For example, in a vehicle display device, alarge-angle light beam (for example, an upward light beam) output by thedisplay panel may be reflected by a windshield to produce stray light,which is then transmitted to the driver’s eyes, and such stray light mayaffect driver’s attention. Therefore, to adjust the angle of the lightbeam emitted by the display panel to improve the image quality is one ofthe problems that current R&D personnel urgently want to solve.

SUMMARY

The disclosure is directed to an electronic device, which is adapted toadjust an angle of a light beam emitted by a panel to improve imagequality.

An embodiment of the disclosure provides an electronic device includinga panel and a light control unit. The panel includes a firstlight-emitting region and a transparent region disposed adjacent to thefirst light-emitting region. The light control unit is disposed on thepanel, where the light control unit is overlapped with the firstlight-emitting region.

To make the aforementioned more comprehensible, several embodimentsaccompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitutea part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of thedisclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain theprinciples of the disclosure.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are respectively a schematic partial top view and aschematic partial cross-sectional view of an electronic device accordingto an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic partial top view of a panel in an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are respectively a schematic partial top view and aschematic partial cross-sectional view of an electronic device accordingto another embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4A to FIG. 4E are respectively schematic partial top views of apanel in an electronic device according to some embodiments of thedisclosure.

FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C are respectively schematic partial top views of anelectronic device according to some embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 are respectively schematic partial top views of anelectronic device according to some other embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 10A to FIG. 10C are respectively schematic cross-sectional views oflight-shielding elements in an electronic device according to someembodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are respectively schematic cross-sectional viewsof a light-shielding element of an electronic device in non-activationand in activation according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 to FIG. 16 are respectively schematic partial cross-sectionalviews of electronic devices according to still some other embodiments ofthe disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferredembodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers areused in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or likeparts.

Throughout the specification and claims of the disclosure, certain wordsare used to refer to specific elements. Those skilled in the art shouldunderstand that electronic device manufacturers may refer to the sameelements by different names. This specification does not intend todistinguish those elements with the same function but different names.In the following description and claims, the words “have” and “include”are open-ended words, so they should be interpreted as “including butnot limited to...”.

Directional terminology used in the specification, such as “top,”“bottom,” “front,” “back,” “left,” “right,” etc., are used withreference to the orientation of the Figure(s) being described.Therefore, the used directional terms are used to illustrate, not tolimit the disclosure. In the drawings, each drawing shows the generalfeatures of the methods, structures, and/or materials used in a specificembodiment. However, these drawings should not be construed as definingor limiting the scope or nature covered by these embodiments. Forexample, for clarity’s sake, relative size, thickness and position ofeach film layer, region and/or structure may be reduced or enlarged.

One structure (or layer, element, substrate) described in the disclosureis located on/above another structure (or layer, element, substrate),which means that the two structures are adjacent and in directconnection, or means that the two structures are adjacent but inindirect connection. Indirect connection means that there is at leastone intermediate structure (or intermediate layer, intermediate element,intermediate substrate, intermediate space) between the two structures,a lower surface of a structure is adjacent or directly connected to anupper surface of the intermediate structure, and an upper surface of theother structure is adjacent to or directly connected to a lower surfaceof the intermediate structure. The intermediary structure may becomposed of a single-layer or multi-layer physical structure ornon-physical structure, which is not limited by the disclosure. In thedisclosure, when a certain structure is described to be “on” anotherstructure, it means that the certain structure is “directly” on theanother structure, or means that the certain structure is “indirectly”on the another structure, i.e., at least one structure is furtherclamped between the certain structure and the another structure.

The terms “about”, “equal to”, “equal” or “same”, “substantially” or“approximately” are generally interpreted as being within 20% of a givenvalue or range, or interpreted as being within 10%, 5%, 3%, 2%, 1%, or0.5% of the given value or range.

The ordinal numbers used in the specification and claims, such as“first”, “second”, etc., are used to modify components, and do not implyand represent that the component or these components have any previousordinal numbers, and do not represent a sequence of one component withanother, or a sequence in a manufacturing method. The use of theseordinal numbers is only to make a clear distinction between onecomponent with a certain name and another component with the same name.The same terms may not be used in the claims and the specification, andaccordingly, a first component in the specification may be a secondcomponent in the claims.

The electrical connection or coupling described in this disclosure mayrefer to direct connection or indirect connection. In the case of directconnection, terminals of components on two circuits are directlyconnected or connected to each other by a conductor line segment, and inthe case of indirect connection, there are switches, diodes, capacitors,inductors, resistors, other suitable components, or a combination of theabove components between the terminals of the components on the twocircuits, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.

In the disclosure, a thickness, length, width, and area may be measuredby using an optical microscope, and the thickness may be obtained bymeasuring a cross-sectional image in the electron microscope, but thedisclosure is not limited thereto. In addition, there may be a certainerror in any two values or directions used for comparison. In addition,the terms “equal to”, “equal”, “same”, “substantially” or“approximately” mentioned in the present disclosure usually representwithin 10% of a given value or range. Moreover, the expressions “thegiven range is a first value to a second value”, “the given range fallswithin a range of the first value to the second value” mean that thegiven range includes the first value, the second value, and other valuesthere between. If a first direction is perpendicular to a seconddirection, an angle between the first direction and the second directionmay be between 80 degrees and 100 degrees; and if the first direction isparallel to the second direction, the angle between the first directionand the second direction may be between 0 degree and 10 degrees.

It should be noted that in the following embodiments, features in aplurality of different embodiments may be substituted, reorganized, andmixed to complete other embodiments without departing from the spirit ofthe present disclosure. The features of the various embodiments may bemixed and matched arbitrarily as long as they do not violate or conflictwith the spirit of the disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood bythose skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It isunderstandable that these terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having meaning consistent withthe relevant technology and the background or context of thisdisclosure, and should not be interpreted in an idealized or excessivelyformal way, unless there is a special definition in the embodiment ofthe disclosure.

In the disclosure, the electronic device may include a display device, abacklight device, an antenna device, a sensing device, or a splicingdevice, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The electronic devicemay be a bendable or flexible electronic device. The display device maybe a non-self-luminous type display device or a self-luminous typedisplay device. The antenna device may be a liquid crystal type antennadevice or a non-liquid crystal type antenna device, and the sensingdevice may be a sensing device that senses capacitance, light, heat, orultrasound, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In thedisclosure, the electronic device may include electronic components, andthe electronic components may include passive components and activecomponents, such as capacitors, resistors, inductors, diodes,transistors, etc. The diode may include a light-emitting diode or aphotodiode. The light-emitting diode may include, for example, anorganic light-emitting diode (OLED), a mini LED, a micro LED or aquantum dot LED, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The splicingdevice may be, for example, a display splicing device or an antennasplicing device, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. It should benoted that the electronic device may be any arrangement and combinationof the foregoing, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In thefollowing descriptions, a display device is used as an electronic deviceor a splicing device to describe the content of the disclosure, but thedisclosure is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the technical solutions provided by thedifferent embodiments below may be replaced, combined or mixed with eachother to form another embodiment without violating the spirit of thedisclosure.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are respectively a schematic partial top view and aschematic partial cross-sectional view of an electronic device accordingto an embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 1B is, for example, across-section corresponding to a section line I-I′ in FIG. 1A.

Referring to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, the electronic device 1 may include apanel 10 and a light control unit 12. The panel 10 may include a firstlight-emitting region E1 and a transparent region T disposed adjacent tothe first light-emitting region E1. The light control unit 12 isdisposed on the panel 10, wherein the light control unit 12 isoverlapped with the first light-emitting region E1.

The panel 10 may be used to provide display information, such aspatterns, or text, etc., but the disclosure is not limited thereto. Thepanel 10 may be a display panel. The panel 10 may be a transparentdisplay panel or a non-transparent display panel. The panel 10 may be aself-luminous display panel or a non-self-luminous display panel. Whenthe panel 10 is a non-self-luminous display panel, the electronic device1 may further include a light source module.

Taking an organic LED display panel as an example, as shown in FIG. 1B,the panel 10 may include a substrate 100, a semiconductor layer 101, aninsulating layer 102, a first conductive layer 103, an insulating layer104, a second conductive layer 105, an insulating layer 106, a thirdconductive layer 107, a pixel definition layer 108, a light-emittingelement 109 and a filling layer 110, but the disclosure is not limitedthereto.

The substrate 100 may be used to carry components or film layers. Forexample, the substrate 100 may be a rigid substrate or a flexiblesubstrate. A material of the rigid substrate 100 may include glass,ceramic, quartz, sapphire, or a combination of the above materials, butthe disclosure is not limited thereto. The flexible substrate may be,for example, resin, polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyether sulfone(PES), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA), polyimide (PI), or a combination thereof, but thedisclosure is not limited thereto.

The semiconductor layer 101 is disposed on the substrate 100. Forexample, a material of the semiconductor layer 101 may include amorphoussilicon, polysilicon or oxide semiconductor, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. The semiconductor layer 101 may be a patternedsemiconductor layer and may include a plurality of semiconductorpatterns 101P separated from each other (only one is shown in FIG. 1B).

The insulating layer 102 is disposed on the substrate 100 and covers thesemiconductor layer 101. For example, a material of the insulating layer102 may include an inorganic material or an organic material, where theinorganic material includes, for example, silicon oxide or siliconnitride, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.

The first conductive layer 103 is disposed on the insulating layer 102.For example, a material of the first conductive layer 103 may includemetal or metal lamination layers, such as aluminum, molybdenum, copper,or titanium/aluminum/titanium, etc., but the disclosure is not limitedthereto. The first conductive layer 103 may be patterned and may includea plurality of gate electrodes GE (only one is shown in FIG. 1B), aplurality of signal lines (not shown), etc., but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. The plurality of gate electrodes GE are respectivelydisposed above the plurality of semiconductor patterns 101P.

The insulating layer 104 is disposed on the insulating layer 102 andcovers the first conductive layer 103. For example, a material of theinsulating layer 104 may refer to the material of the insulating layer102, and detail thereof is not repeated.

The second conductive layer 105 is provided on the insulating layer 104.For example, a material of the second conductive layer 105 may refer tothe material of the first conductive layer 103, and detail thereof isnot repeated. The second conductive layer 105 may be patterned and mayinclude a plurality of source electrodes SE (only one is shown in FIG.1B), a plurality of drain electrodes DE (only one is shown in FIG. 1B),a plurality of signal lines (not shown), etc., but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In an embodiment, the source electrode SE may penetratethrough the insulating layer 102 and the insulating layer 104 and may beconnected to a partial region (such as a source region) of thesemiconductor pattern 101P. The drain electrode DE may penetrate throughthe insulating layer 102 and the insulating layer 104 and may beconnected to another partial region (such as a drain region) of thesemiconductor pattern 101P.

In the electronic device 1, each gate electrode GE, a correspondingsemiconductor pattern 101P, a corresponding source SE, and acorresponding drain DE constitute an active device AD, and theelectronic device 1 may include a plurality of active devices AD (onlyone is shown in FIG. 1B).

The insulating layer 106 is disposed on the insulating layer 104 andcovers the second conductive layer 105. For example, a material of theinsulating layer 106 may refer to the material of the insulating layer102, and detail thereof is not repeated.

The third conductive layer 107 is disposed on the insulating layer 106.For example, a material of the third conductive layer 107 may refer tothe material of the first conductive layer 103, and detail thereof isnot repeated. The third conductive layer 107 may be patterned and mayinclude a plurality of electrode patterns 107P (only one is shown inFIG. 1B), but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In an embodiment,the electrode pattern 107P may penetrate through the insulating layer106 and may be connected to the drain electrode DE.

The pixel definition layer 108 is disposed on the insulating layer 106to define a configuration position of the light-emitting element 109.For example, a material of the pixel definition layer 108 may include anopaque or translucent polymer material, such as a black resin or atranslucent resin material, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.FIG. 1B is a cross-section corresponding to a section line I-I′ in FIG.1A. As shown in FIG. 1B, the pixel definition layer 108 may be patternedto form a plurality of openings and a plurality of pixel definitionpatterns 108P. The plurality of openings may include a plurality offirst openings A1 and a plurality of second openings A2. The firstopening A1 of the pixel definition layer 108 may define a light-emittingregion (for example, the first light-emitting region E1), for example,the configuration position of the light-emitting element 109. The secondopening A2 of the pixel definition layer 108 may define a transparentregion T. FIG. 1B only shows two openings: the first opening A1 and thesecond opening A2. To make the drawing concise and easy to explain, thepixel definition layer 108 is not shown in FIG. 1A.

According to some embodiments, the thickness of the insulating layerunder the first opening A1 may be greater than the thickness of theinsulating layer under the second opening A2. According to someembodiments, the number of the insulating layers under the first openingA1 may be greater than the number of the insulating layers under thesecond opening A2. To be specific, as shown in FIG. 1B, the insulatinglayer 102, the insulating layer 104, and the insulating layer 106 aredisposed on the substrate 100 under the first opening A1. Correspondingto the position of the second opening A2 (under the second opening A2),the insulating layer has an opening A3. For example, the insulatinglayer 102, the insulating layer 104, and the insulating layer 106 formthe opening A3 at a position corresponding to the second opening A2. Theopening A3 of the insulating layer may be overlapped with the secondopening A2 of the pixel definition layer 108 to define the transparentregion T. FIG. 1B shows that in the transparent region T, threeinsulating layers (the insulating layer 102, the insulating layer 104,and the insulating layer 106) form the opening A3 to expose thesubstrate 100. However, according to other embodiments, in thetransparent region T, the opening A3 does not need to expose thesubstrate 100, i.e., at the position of the opening A3, there is stillan insulating layer (not shown) disposed on the substrate 100. Forexample, at the corresponding position of the opening A3, at least oneof the insulating layer 102, the insulating layer 104, and theinsulating layer 106 may be retained.

The light-emitting element 109 may be disposed in the first opening A1.Taking an organic LED as an example, the light-emitting element 109 mayinclude a hole transport layer 109-1, a light-emitting layer 109-2, andan electron transport layer 109-3 sequentially stacked on the insulatinglayer 106, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In someembodiments, although not shown, an electrode pattern may be furtherconfigured on the electron transport layer 109-3.

The filling layer 110 is disposed on the pixel definition layer 108 andcovers the light-emitting element 109. For example, a material of thefilling layer 110 may include an organic material or a polymer material,such as PMMA, epoxy, acylic-based resin, silicone, polyimide polymer ora combination of the above materials, but the disclosure is not limitedthereto. The filling layer 110 may have a single-layer or multi-layerstructure.

It should be understood that the components or film layers in the panel10 may be increased or decreased according to different requirements.For example, when the panel 10 is a micro LED display panel, the panel10 may optionally omit the pixel definition layer 108, but thedisclosure is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1B is a cross-section corresponding to the section line I-I′ inFIG. 1A. As shown in FIG. 1B, in the panel 10, under the structureconfigured with the pixel definition layer 108, a bottom range of thefirst opening A1 of the pixel definition layer 108 may be taken as arange of the light-emitting region (such as the first light-emittingregion E1). To make the drawing concise and easy to explain, the pixeldefinition layer 108 is not shown in FIG. 1A. On the other hand,according to some embodiments, under the structure without the pixeldefinition layer 108, a light-emitting surface of the light-emittingelement 109 (such as a micro LED) may be taken as the range of thelight-emitting region (such as the first light-emitting region E1).

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1A, the panel 10 may furtherinclude a second light-emitting region E2, a third light-emitting regionE3, and a fourth light-emitting region E4, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. Similar to the aforementioned description, the firstopening A1 of the pixel definition layer 108 may define the firstlight-emitting region E1, the second light-emitting region E2, the thirdlight-emitting region E3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4. Thesecond light-emitting region E2 is located adjacent to the firstlight-emitting region E1 in a first direction D1, the thirdlight-emitting region E3 is located adjacent to the secondlight-emitting region E2 in a second direction D2, and the fourthlight-emitting region E4 is located adjacent to the first light-emittingregion E1 in the second direction D2. The first direction D1 and thesecond direction D2 may be different, and may be intersected with eachother. The first direction D1 and the second direction D2 may both beperpendicular to a normal direction (such as a third direction D3) ofthe substrate 100. For example, the first direction D1 and the seconddirection D2 may be perpendicular to each other, but the disclosure isnot limited thereto.

Although the pixel definition layer 108 is not shown in FIG. 1A,regarding an electronic device with the pixel definition layer, eachlight-emitting region may be defined by the first opening A1 of thepixel definition layer 108, and the transparent region T may be definedby the second opening A2 of the pixel definition layer 108. To bespecific, for example, referring to the fourth light-emitting region E4(A1), the first light-emitting region E1 (A1), and the transparentregion T (A2) indicated along the second direction D2, the two firstopenings A1 of the pixel definition layer 108 may define the fourthlight-emitting region E4 and the first light-emitting region E1, and thefourth light-emitting region E4 (A1) and the first light-emitting regionE1 (A1) are separated by the pixel definition pattern 108P. The secondopening A2 of the pixel definition layer 108 may define the transparentregion T, and the first light-emitting region E1 (A1) and thetransparent region T (A2) are separated by the pixel definition pattern108P.

As shown in FIG. 1A, in an embodiment, the first light-emitting regionE1, the second light-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting regionE3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 are, for example, a redlight-emitting region, a green light-emitting region, a bluelight-emitting region, and a white light-emitting region, respectively,but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The colors of the firstlight-emitting region E1, the second light-emitting region E2, the thirdlight-emitting region E3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 areonly an example, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. Theabove-mentioned arrangement sequence of the first light-emitting regionE1, the second light-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting regionE3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 is only an example, and thedisclosure is not limited thereto. According to some embodiments, onelight-emitting region (for example, one first light-emitting region E1)may define one sub-pixel. According to some embodiments, a plurality oflight-emitting regions (sub-pixels) of different colors may constituteone pixel. For example, the first light-emitting region E1, the secondlight-emitting region E2, and the third light-emitting region E3 maydefine one pixel. For example, the first light-emitting region E1, thesecond light-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting region E3, andthe fourth light-emitting region E4 may define a pixel Px, as shown by adashed frame in FIG. 1A.

In some embodiments, the panel 10 may include a plurality of firstlight-emitting regions E1, a plurality of second light-emitting regionsE2, a plurality of third light-emitting regions E3, and a plurality offourth light-emitting regions E4. The plurality of first light-emittingregions E1 and the plurality of second light-emitting regions E2 are,for example, alternately arranged in the first direction D1. Theplurality of third light-emitting regions E3 and the plurality of fourthlight-emitting regions E4 are, for example, alternately arranged in thefirst direction D1. The plurality of first light-emitting regions E1,the plurality of fourth light-emitting regions E4, and the transparentregions T are, for example, alternately arranged in the second directionD2. The plurality of second light-emitting regions E2, the plurality ofthird light-emitting regions E3, and the transparent regions T are, forexample, alternately arranged in the second direction D2. However, itshould be understood that the color types, the number of colors, orarrangement method of the light-emitting regions in the panel 10 may bechanged according to different requirements, which is not limited tothat shown in FIG. 1A.

The transparent region T is arranged on one side of the firstlight-emitting region E1. For example, in the second direction D2, thetransparent region T is located between the first light-emitting regionE1 and the fourth light-emitting region E4, and there is no otherlight-emitting region (such as the second light-emitting region E2, thethird light-emitting region E3 or the fourth light-emitting region E4)between the transparent region T and the first light-emitting region E1.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the panel 10 may include a plurality oflight-emitting regions and a plurality of transparent regions T. Severallight-emitting regions and one transparent region T may form a displayblock DR. For example, in FIG. 1A, one display block DR may include 8light-emitting regions and one transparent region T, for example, 2pixels Px and one transparent region T. The panel 10 may include aplurality of repeated display blocks DR. As shown in FIG. 2 , thedisplay block DR may include 8 light-emitting regions and onetransparent region T. The numbers of the light-emitting regions and thetransparent region in the display block DR are only an example, and thedisclosure is not limited thereto. As described above, the transparentregion T is defined by the second opening A2 of the pixel definitionlayer 108, and, as shown in FIG. 1B, the second opening A2 is defined bythe pixel definition pattern 108P. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1A, twoadjacent transparent regions T (for example, two transparent regions Talong the first direction D1) may be separated by the pixel definitionpattern 108P. Two adjacent transparent regions T means that there are noother light-emitting regions between the two adjacent transparentregions T. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1A, two adjacent display blocksDR (for example, two adjacent display blocks DR along the firstdirection D1) may be separated by the pixel definition pattern 108P.According to some embodiments, the pixel definition pattern 108P may notbe provided in the transparent region T in the same display block DR.

The transparent region T may be observed by using an optical microscope.FIG. 2 is a schematic partial top view of a panel in an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Referring to FIG. 2, the panel 10 includes a plurality of opaque elements, such as adriving circuit DV, a light-emitting element 109, conductive lines CL(such as a signal line, a power line, etc.), a black matrix (not shown),and a black pixel definition layer 108 (not shown in FIG. 2 , referringto FIG. 1B), metal pads (not shown), etc. The aforementioned opaqueelements are arranged in an opaque region NT and located outside thetransparent region T, i.e., the transparent region T does not includethe aforementioned opaque elements. A range of the transparent region Tmay be defined by a range of the opaque region NT. In detail, as shownin FIG. 2 , a boundary of the transparent region T may be defined by theopaque elements in the opaque region NT. For example, edges of theconductive lines CL and/or the light-emitting region may define theboundary of the transparent region T. For example, the boundary of thetransparent region T may be defined by a side of the opaque elementfacing the transparent region T and located at the edge of the opaqueregion NT. In some embodiments, the range of the transparent region Tmay be further defined by a light transmittance or an area ratio of thetransparent region to the light-emitting region. For example, a lighttransmittance of the transparent region T to visible light (such aslight with a wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm or light with a wavelengthof 550 nm) may be greater than or equal to 60% and less than or equal to99%; or, the light transmittance may be greater than or equal to 60% andless than or equal to 80%. In some other embodiments, one display blockDR includes several light-emitting regions and one transparent region T.An area ratio of the transparent region T to one light-emitting region(such as the first light-emitting region E1, the second light-emittingregion T, the third light-emitting region E3 or the fourthlight-emitting region E4) in one display block DR may be greater than orequal to 1 and less than or equal to 20; or, the area ratio may begreater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 8. It should beunderstood that, for the ease of drawing and description, FIG. 1A omitsillustrating the above-mentioned opaque elements. In addition, theboundaries of the plurality of light-emitting regions and the boundariesbetween the light-emitting regions and the transparent region T in FIG.1A may be provided with the pixel definition pattern 108P.

Referring to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B again, the light control unit 12 isused to adjust a viewing angle of the electronic device 1. In someembodiments, the light control unit 12 is electrically switchable, i.e.,the light control unit 12 may be controlled by changing a voltage toadjust the viewing angle of the electronic device 1. For example, thelight control unit 12 may include a photoelectric material, such asliquid crystal, polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), dye-dopedliquid crystal (DDLC), an electrochromic material or liquid lens, etc.,but the disclosure is not limited thereto. When the light control unit12 includes liquid crystal, such as electrically controlledbirefringence (ECB) liquid crystal, a phase of the light passing throughthe light control unit 12 may be changed through voltage control toadjust the viewing angle of the electronic device 1. When the lightcontrol unit 12 includes polymer dispersed liquid crystal, a haze of thelight control unit 12 may be changed through voltage control to adjustthe viewing angle of the electronic device 1. When the light controlunit 12 includes dye-doped liquid crystal, a color of the light controlunit 12 may be changed through voltage control to adjust the viewingangle of the electronic device 1. When the light control unit 12includes an electrochromic material, the color of the light control unit12 may be changed through voltage control to adjust the viewing angle ofthe electronic device 1. When the light control unit 12 includes aliquid lens, a block liquid appearance may be changed through voltagecontrol, so as to change a light path to adjust the viewing angle of theelectronic device 1.

Taking the light control unit 12 including liquid crystal as an example,as shown in FIG. 1B, the light control unit 12 may include a substrate120, a substrate 121, and liquid crystal 122. The substrate 121 isopposite to the substrate 120, and the liquid crystal 122 is disposedbetween the substrate 121 and the substrate 120. A material of thesubstrate 121 and the substrate 120 may refer to the material of thesubstrate 100, which will not be repeated. In some embodiments, althoughnot shown, one side (such as a lower side) or the opposite sides (suchas upper and lower sides) of the liquid crystal 122 may be provided witha conductive layer. A tilting direction of the liquid crystal is changedby controlling a voltage of the conductive layer, so as to adjust theviewing angle of the electronic device 1.

In some embodiments, in addition to being overlapped with the firstlight-emitting region E1, the light control unit 12 may also beoverlapped with the second light-emitting region E2, the thirdlight-emitting region E3, the fourth light-emitting region E4, and thetransparent region T. Namely, the light control unit 12 is overlappedwith the first light-emitting region E1, the second light-emittingregion E2, the third light-emitting region E3, the fourth light-emittingregion E4, and the transparent region T in the third direction D3. FIG.1A schematically shows that an area of the light control unit 12 isslightly smaller than an area of the panel 10, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In other embodiments, the area of the light controlunit 12 may be greater than, equal to, or smaller than the area of thepanel 10.

Under the structure that the light control unit 12 adopts aphotoelectric material, the light control unit 12 overlapped with thelight-emitting regions (such as the first light-emitting region E1, thesecond light-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting region E3 andthe fourth light-emitting region E4) in the third direction D3 may beactivated, and the light control unit 12 not overlapped with thelight-emitting regions in the third direction D3 is not activated, so asto change the viewing angle of the electronic device 1 at thelight-emitting region without changing the viewing angle of theelectronic device 1 at a region other than the light-emitting region(such as the transparent region T). In other embodiments, although notshown, the light control unit 12 may be activated as a whole to changethe overall viewing angle of the electronic device 1.

According to some embodiments, the light control unit may suppress thelight of a specific direction that is emitted from the panel, which mayimprove the quality of an image viewed by the viewer. According to someembodiments, the electronic device may be used in a vehicle, and thelight control unit may suppress the light of a specific direction thatis emitted from the panel. In this way, the light in the specificdirection may be reduced from being reflected by a windshield, so as toreduce stray light viewed by the driver, and improve the quality of theimage viewed by the driver, and mitigate the impact on the driver’sattention.

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are respectively a schematic partial top view and aschematic partial cross-sectional view of an electronic device accordingto another embodiment of the disclosure. FIG. 3B is, for example, across-section corresponding to a section line II-II′ in FIG. 3A.

Referring to FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, main differences between an electronicdevice 1A and the electronic device 1 of FIGS. 1A and 1B are describedas follows.

For the convenience of description, some top views of the followingembodiments do not show the range of the display block DR. However, itmay be understood that the panel 10 may include a plurality of theabove-mentioned display blocks DR. As shown in FIG. 3A, in theelectronic device 1A, the panel 10 includes the first light-emittingregion E1 and the second light-emitting region E2. The secondlight-emitting region E2 is disposed adjacent to the firstlight-emitting region E1 in the first direction D1, and a light controlunit 12A extends along the first direction D 1 and is overlapped withthe second light-emitting region E2. The range of one display block DRis not shown in FIG. 3A. For example, the light control unit 12A mayinclude a plurality of light-shielding elements 123, the plurality oflight-shielding elements 123 extend along the first direction D1, and atleast one light-shielding element (such as a light-shielding element123-1) of the plurality of light-shielding elements 123 is overlappedwith the first light-emitting region E1 and the second light-emittingregion E2 arranged in the first direction D1. In some embodiments, asshown in FIG. 3A, at least another light-shielding element (such as alight-shielding element 123-2) of the plurality of light-shieldingelements 123 may be overlapped with the third light-emitting region E3and the fourth light-emitting region E4 arranged in the first directionD1, and at least one another light-shielding element (such as alight-shielding element 123-3) of the plurality of light-shieldingelements 123 may be overlapped with the transparent region T extendingin the first direction D1, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3B, in addition to beingoverlapped with the light-emitting region (such as the firstlight-emitting region E1), the light control unit 12A may also bepartially overlapped with the transparent region T, for example, thelight-shielding element 123-1 in the light control unit 12A isoverlapped with the first light-emitting region E1, and thelight-shielding element 123-3 in the light control unit 12A isoverlapped with the transparent region T, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In other embodiments, although not shown, the lightcontrol unit 12A may not be overlapped with the transparent region T.For example, the light-shielding element 123-3 may be omitted in FIG. 3, and when a viewer views a scene behind the electronic device 1Athrough the transparent region T, the display quality (such as imageclarity) of the scene viewed by the viewer in the transparent area T maybe improved, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In still someother embodiments, although not shown, the light control unit 12A may beoverlapped with the entire display region (not shown) of the panel 10.In detail, the panel 10 may include a display region, which may includethe above-mentioned light-emitting regions (for example, the firstlight-emitting region E1, the second light-emitting region E2, the thirdlight-emitting region E3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4) andthe transparent region T. For example, the plurality of light-shieldingelements 123 may be arranged on the light-emitting regions and thetransparent region T, thereby improving process convenience.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 3B, the plurality oflight-shielding elements 123 may be disposed on the filling layer 110. Amaterial of the plurality of light-shielding elements 123 may includeblack resin, gray resin, white resin or metal, but the disclosure is notlimited thereto. In some embodiments, the electronic device 1A mayfurther include a cover layer 14. The cover layer 14 is disposed on thefilling layer 110 and includes the plurality of light-shielding elements123. Namely, the plurality of light-shielding elements 123 may beconfigured in the cover layer 14. For example, a material of the coverlayer 14 may include an organic material or a polymer material, such asPMMA, epoxy resin, acrylic-based resin, silicone, polyimide polymer, ora combination of the above materials, but the disclosure is not limitedthereto.

As shown in FIG. 3A, through the arrangement of the plurality oflight-shielding elements 123 extending in the first direction D1 andarranged in the second direction D2, a light divergence angle of theelectronic device 1A in the second direction D2 may be limited, i.e.,the viewing angle of the electronic device 1A in the second direction D2is limited. According to some embodiments, the electronic device may beapplied to a vehicle, and the light control unit may suppress light(upward light) emitted by the panel in a specific direction (forexample, the second direction D2). In this way, since the light in thespecific direction (such as the second direction D2) is suppressed, thelight in the specific direction may be reduced from being reflected bythe windshield, so as to reduce the stray light viewed by the driver,which helps to mitigate the problem of the stray light, and may alsoimprove the quality of the image viewed by the driver to mitigate theimpact on the driver’s attention.

In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the electronic device 1A has a first side S1 and asecond side S2 connected to the first side S1, where a length LS1 of thefirst side S1 is greater than a length LS2 of the second side S2, andthe first side S1 is substantially parallel to the extending directionof the light control unit 12A (i.e., the extending direction of thelight-shielding element 123, such as the first direction D1).

However, it should be understood that the extending direction of thelight control unit 12A (such as the extending direction of thelight-shielding element 123), the color types of the light-emittingregions (such as the first light-emitting region E1, the secondlight-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting region E3, and thefourth light-emitting region E4), the number of colors of thelight-emitting regions, the arrangement of the light-emitting regions,or the relative arrangement relationship between the light-shieldingelements 123 and the light-emitting regions, etc., may be changedaccording to different requirements.

FIG. 4A to FIG. 4E are respectively schematic partial top views of apanel in an electronic device according to some embodiments of thedisclosure. To be specific, FIG. 4A to FIG. 4E illustrate four relativearrangement relationships between the light-emitting regions and thetransparent region, but it should be understood that other relativearrangement relationships between the light-emitting regions and thetransparent region are also within the scope of the disclosure. FIG. 4Ato FIG. 4E also show different sub-pixel arrangements.

In FIG. 4A, the plurality of first light-emitting regions E1 and theplurality of fourth light-emitting regions E4 are arranged in the seconddirection D2, and the plurality of second light-emitting regions E2 andthe plurality of third light-emitting regions E3 are arranged in thesecond direction D2, where there are two second light-emitting regionsE2 between two adjacent third light-emitting regions E3 in the seconddirections D2. The first light-emitting region E1 is located between thetransparent region T and the third light-emitting region E3 or betweenthe transparent region T and the second light-emitting region E2 in thefirst direction D1, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 is locatedbetween the transparent region T and the second light-emitting region E2or between the transparent region T and the third light-emitting regionE3 in the first direction D1. In the following embodiments, the firstlight-emitting region E1, the second light-emitting region E2, the thirdlight-emitting region E3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 are,for example, respectively a red light-emitting region, a greenlight-emitting region, a blue light-emitting region, and a whitelight-emitting region, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.According to some embodiments, one light-emitting region (for example,one first light-emitting region E1) may define one sub-pixel. In FIG.4A, the first light-emitting region E1, the second light-emitting regionE2, the third light-emitting region E3, and the fourth light-emittingregion E4 may constitute one pixel Px. Two second light-emitting regionsE2 (for example, the green light-emitting regions) may be arrangedadjacent to each other along the second direction D2, i.e., there is noother light-emitting region between the two second light-emittingregions E2. According to some embodiments, by arranging two greenlight-emitting regions adjacent to each other, the display quality suchas image sharpness is improved.

In FIG. 4B, there are two fourth light-emitting regions E4 between twoadjacent first light-emitting regions E1 in the second direction D2,where the first light-emitting region E1 is located between thetransparent region T and the third light-emitting region E3 in the firstdirection D1, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 is located betweenthe transparent region T and the second light-emitting region E2 in thefirst direction D1. In FIG. 4B, the first light-emitting region E1, thesecond light-emitting region E2, the third light-emitting region E3, andthe fourth light-emitting region E4 may constitute a pixel Px. Along thesecond direction D2, two second light-emitting regions E2 (for example,the green light-emitting regions) may be arranged adjacent to each otherand two fourth light-emitting regions E4 (for example, the whitelight-emitting regions) may be arranged adjacent to each other.According to some embodiments, by arranging the two white light-emittingregions adjacent to each other, the display quality such as imagebrightness may be improved.

In FIG. 4C, the panel includes the first light-emitting region E1, thesecond light-emitting region E2, and the third light-emitting region E3,but does not include the fourth light-emitting region E4. The pluralityof third light-emitting regions E3 are arranged in the second directionD2, and there are one first light-emitting region E1 and one secondlight-emitting region E2 between two adjacent third light-emittingregions E3 in the second direction D2, and the one first light-emittingregion E1 and the one second light-emitting region E2 are arranged inthe first direction D1. In FIG. 4C, the first light-emitting region E1,the second light-emitting region E2, and the third light-emitting regionE3 may constitute a pixel Px. The light-emitting regions may bestaggered along the second direction D2. For example, the firstlight-emitting region E1 and the third light-emitting region E3 may bestaggered along the second direction D2, i.e., a center of the firstlight-emitting region E1 and a center of the third light-emitting regionE3 are not aligned in the second direction D2. According to someembodiments, the second light-emitting region E2 and the thirdlight-emitting region E3 may be staggered along the second direction D2.

In FIG. 4D, the plurality of light-emitting regions of the same colorare arranged in the second direction D2, and the first light-emittingregion E1, the second light-emitting region E2, the third light-emittingregion E3, and the fourth light-emitting region E4 are arranged in thefirst direction D1.

In FIG. 4E, a plurality of transparent regions T are, for example,arranged in the first direction D1 and extend in the second directionD2. In addition, a plurality of widths (such as a width T1, a width T2,a width T3, and a width T4) of the plurality of transparent regions maybe, for example, gradually increased or decreased along the firstdirection D1. Taking left-hand driving as an example, by making thewidth T4 to be greater than the width T3, the width T3 to be greaterthan the width T2, and the width T2 to be greater than the width T1, aproblem of reduced light transmittance at a large viewing angle ismitigated. Taking right-hand driving as an example, by making the widthT1 to be greater than the width T2, the width T2 to be greater than thewidth T3, and the width T3 to be greater than the width T4, the problemof reduced light transmittance at the large viewing angle is mitigated.

FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C are respectively schematic partial top views of anelectronic device according to some embodiments of the disclosure. To bespecific, FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C show three relative arrangementrelationships of the light-shielding elements, the light-emittingregions and the transparent region, but it should be understood thatother relative arrangement relationships of the light-shieldingelements, the light-emitting regions and the transparent region may alsobe within the scope of the disclosure.

In FIG. 5A, the plurality of light-shielding elements 123, for example,extend in the first direction D1 and are arranged in the seconddirection D2 to limit a divergence angle of light beams in the seconddirection D2, i.e., to limit the viewing angle of the electronic devicein the second direction D2, which helps to mitigate the problem of straylight. In FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C, the pixel arrangements are the same andare the same as that of FIG. 4A, and reference may be made to therelated description of FIG. 4A. Along the second direction D2, twosecond light-emitting regions E2 (for example, the green light-emittingregions) may be arranged adjacent to each other, i.e., there is no otherlight-emitting region between the two second light-emitting regions E2.

In FIG. 5B, the plurality of light-shielding elements 123, for example,extend in the second direction D2 and are arranged in the firstdirection D1 to limit the divergence angle of light beams in the firstdirection D1, i.e., to limit the viewing angle of the electronic devicein the first direction D1, which helps to mitigate a problem of overlapbetween left and right eye images (for example, an application ofstereoscopic display).

In FIG. 5C, the plurality of light-shielding elements 123, for example,extend in a fourth direction D4 and are arranged in a fifth direction D5to limit the divergence angle of light beams in the fifth direction D5,i.e., to limit the viewing angle of the electronic device in the fifthdirection D5 (for example, applied to an edge of the panel).

The fourth direction D4 and the fifth direction D5 are intersected andare both perpendicular to the third direction D3. For example, thefourth direction D4 and the fifth direction D5 may be perpendicular toeach other, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The fourthdirection D4 is inclined with respect to the first direction D1 and thesecond direction D2, and the fifth direction D5 is inclined with respectto the first direction D1 and the second direction D2. In other words,the fourth direction D4 is neither parallel nor perpendicular to thefirst direction D1 and the second direction D2, and the fifth directionD5 is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the first direction D1 andthe second direction D2.

FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 are respectively schematic partial top views of anelectronic device according to some other embodiments of the disclosure.To be specific, FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 show four relative arrangementrelationships of the light-shielding elements and the light-emittingregions, but it should be understood that other relative arrangementrelationships of the light-shielding elements and the light-emittingregions are also within the scope of the disclosure.

In an electronic device 1B of FIG. 6 , a panel 10B includes theplurality of first light-emitting regions E1, the plurality of secondlight-emitting regions E2, the plurality of third light-emitting regionsE3, and the plurality of fourth light-emitting regions E4. The pluralityof first light-emitting regions E1 and the plurality of fourthlight-emitting regions E4 are alternately arranged in the seconddirection D2, and the plurality of second light-emitting regions E2 andthe plurality of third light-emitting regions E3 are alternatelyarranged in the second direction D2.

The first side S1 of the electronic device 1B is substantially parallelto the extending direction of the light-shielding element 123 in thelight control unit 12A. For example, the extending direction of thelight-shielding element 123 is parallel to the first direction D1, andthe light-shielding element 123 is, for example, overlapped with onefirst light-emitting region E1 and one second light-emitting region E2or overlapped with one third light-emitting region E3 and one fourthlight-emitting region E4 in the third direction D3.

In an electronic device 1C of FIG. 7 , a panel 10C includes theplurality of first light-emitting regions E1, the plurality of secondlight-emitting regions E2, and the plurality of third light-emittingregions, and the light-emitting regions are arranged in interleaving inthe first direction D1 and the second direction D2. In addition, theplurality of first light-emitting regions E1, the plurality of secondlight-emitting regions E2, and the plurality of third light-emittingregions are alternately arranged in the first direction D1, and theplurality of light-emitting regions of the same color are arranged inthe second direction D2.

The first side S1 of the electronic device 1C is substantially parallelto the extending direction of the light-shielding element 123 in thelight control unit 12A. For example, the extending direction of thelight-shielding element 123 is, for example, parallel to the firstdirection D1, where at least one light-shielding element (such as alight-shielding element 123-4) of the plurality of light-shieldingelements 123 is overlapped with at least one of the first light-emittingregion E1, the second light-emitting region E2, and the thirdlight-emitting region E3 in the third direction D3, and at least onelight-shielding element (such as a light-shielding element 123-5) in theplurality of light-shielding elements 123 is not overlapped with anylight-emitting region in the third direction D3.

In an electronic device 1D of FIG. 8 , a panel 10D includes a pluralityof display units DU. Each display unit DU may be, for example, a pixelincluding one first light-emitting region E1, one second light-emittingregion E2, one third light-emitting region E3, and one fourthlight-emitting region E4, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. Thedisplay units DU are arranged in interleaving in the first direction D1and the second direction D2.

The first side S1 of the electronic device 1D is substantially parallelto the extending direction of the light-shielding element 123 in thelight control unit 12A. For example, the extending direction of thelight-shielding element 123 is parallel to the first direction D1, andthe light-shielding element 123 may be, for example, overlapped with onefirst light-emitting region E1 and one second light-emitting region E2,or overlapped with one third light-emitting region E3 and one fourthlight-emitting region E4 in the third direction D3.

In an electronic device 1E of FIG. 9 , the panel 10E may include a firstregion R1 and a second region R2. The panel 10E is provided with a lightcontrol unit 12A and a light control unit 12E. The light control unit12A is disposed corresponding to the first region R1 of the panel 10E,and the light control unit 12E is disposed corresponding to the secondregion R2 of the panel 10E. The first side S1 of the electronic device1E is substantially parallel to the extending direction of the lightcontrol unit 12A. For example, the light control unit 12A includes aplurality of light-shielding elements 123-6. The extending direction ofthe light-shielding element 123-6 is, for example, parallel to the firstdirection D1, and the light-shielding element 123-6 is, for example,overlapped with the first light-emitting region E1 and the secondlight-emitting region E2 or overlapped with the third light-emittingregion E3 and the fourth light-emitting region E4 in the third directionD3. The second side S2 of the electronic device 1E is substantiallyparallel to the extending direction (the second direction D2) of thelight control unit 12E. For example, the light control unit 12E includesa plurality of light-shielding elements 123-7. The extending directionof the light-shielding element 123-7 is, for example, parallel to thesecond direction D2, and in the third direction D3, the light-shieldingelement 123-7 is, for example, overlapped with the plurality of firstlight-emitting regions E1 and the plurality of fourth light-emittingregions E1 arranged in the second direction D2 or overlapped with theplurality of second light-emitting regions E2 and the plurality of thirdlight-emitting regions E3 arranged in the second direction D2.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the light control unit 12A disposed correspondingto the first region R1 may be used to limit a divergence angle of lightbeams in the second direction D2, and the light control unit 12Edisposed corresponding to the second region R2 may be used to limit thedivergence angle of the light beams in the first direction D1. When theelectronic device 1E is used in a vehicle, for example, when it is usedas an instrument panel, the first region R1 may correspond to a regionwhere the driver is located, and the second region R2 may correspond toa region where a co-pilot is located. The light control unit 12Adisposed corresponding to the first region R1 may suppress thelarge-angle light beams output from the panel 10E (for example, to limitthe light beams in the second direction D2). In this way, thelarge-angle light beams (relative to the third direction D3) may bereduced from being reflected by the windshield, so as to reduce thestray light viewed by the driver and improve the image quality viewed bythe driver. On the other hand, the light control unit 12E disposedcorresponding to the second region R2 may limit the divergence angle ofthe light beams in the first direction D1, i.e., to suppress the lightbeams in the first direction D1. In this way, the light emitted by thesecond region R2 (in front of the co-pilot) may be reduced from beingviewed by the driver, thereby reducing the impact on the driver’sattention. It should be understood that, in any embodiment of thedisclosure, the electronic device may include a single light controlunit to limit the divergence angle of the light beams in a singledirection, or the electronic device may include multiple types (twotypes as shown in FIG. 9 or more types) of light control units to limitthe divergence angle of the light beams in different directions. Forexample, different types of light control units may be arranged indifferent regions of the panel to achieve regional light control.

FIG. 10A to FIG. 10C are respectively schematic cross-sectional views oflight-shielding elements in an electronic device according to someembodiments of the disclosure. Referring to the aforementionedembodiments, in any embodiment where the light control unit includes aplurality of light-shielding elements (such as light-shielding elements123, a light-shielding element 123-1, a light-shielding element 123-2, alight-shielding element 123-3, a light-shielding element 123-4, alight-shielding element 123-5, a light-shielding element 123-6 and alight-shielding element 123-7), a cross-sectional shape of thelight-shielding element may be changed as required. For example, thecross-sectional shape of the light-shielding element may be a rectangle(such as a square or a rectangle as shown in FIG. 3B), a trapezoid (asshown in FIG. 10A), a triangle (as shown in FIG. 10B), or aparallelogram (as shown in FIG. 10C), but the disclosure is not limitedthereto.

FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are respectively schematic cross-sectional viewsof a light-shielding element of an electronic device in non-activationand in activation according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In someembodiments, as shown in FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B, the light-shieldingelement 123A is, for example, electrically switchable. To be specific,the light-shielding element 123A may include conductive light-shieldingparticles 1230. When the light-shielding element 123A is innon-activation, the light-shielding particles 1230 may be located at abottom of the light-shielding element 123A, so that the light-shieldingelement 123A is substantially light-transmissive without a light controleffect (for example, to limit a divergence angle of light beams). On theother hand, when the light-shielding element 123A is in activation, thelight-shielding particles 1230 may be dispersed in the light-shieldingelement 123A due to an effect of an electric field, and thelight-shielding element 123A substantially shields light and has thelight control effect.

FIG. 12 to FIG. 16 are respectively schematic partial cross-sectionalviews of electronic devices according to still some other embodiments ofthe disclosure. Referring to FIG. 12 , main differences between anelectronic device 1F and the electronic device 1A of FIG. 3B aredescribed as follows.

The electronic device 1F further includes a light conversion layer 16and a passivation layer 18. The light conversion layer 16 is disposed onthe cover layer 14 and is overlapped with the light-emitting regions(such as the first light-emitting region E1) in the third direction D3.The light conversion layer 16 may be used to increase a color saturationof the electronic device 1F. For example, a material of the lightconversion layer 16 may include a wavelength conversion material and/ora light filter material, such as fluorescence, phosphor, quantum dots(QD), other suitable materials, or a combination of the above materials,but the disclosure is not limited thereto. The passivation layer 18 isdisposed on the cover layer 14 and covers the light conversion layer 16.A material of the passivation layer 18 may include a transparentmaterial, a water and oxygen blocking material, other suitablematerials, or a combination of the above materials, but the disclosureis not limited thereto. For example, the material of the protectivelayer 18 includes epoxy, acylic-based resin, silicone, polyimidepolymer, or a combination thereof, but the disclosure is not limitedthereto.

In some embodiments, the light conversion layer 16 may be formed on thecover layer 14. In some other embodiments, although not shown, the lightconversion layer 16 and the passivation layer 18 may be formed onanother substrate (not shown) and then attached to the cover layer 14,i.e., there is an adhesive layer (not shown) between the lightconversion layer 16 and the cover layer 14.

Referring to FIG. 13 , main differences between an electronic device 1Gand the electronic device 1F of FIG. 12 are described as follows.

In the electronic device 1G, the light conversion layer 16 and thepassivation layer 18 are first formed on a substrate (not shown), andare then attached to the filling layer 110, i.e., there is an adhesivelayer (not shown) between the light conversion layer 16 and the fillinglayer 110. In addition, the light control unit 12A and the cover layer14 are first formed on another substrate (not shown), and are thenattached to the passivation layer 18, i.e., there is an adhesive layer(not shown) between the cover layer 14 and the passivation layer 18. Insome other embodiments, although not shown, the light control unit 12Aand the cover layer 14 formed on the other substrate (not shown) may befirst attached to the filling layer 110, and then the light conversionlayer 16 and the passivation layer 18 formed on the substrate (notshown) are attached to the cover layer 14.

Referring to FIG. 14 , main differences between an electronic device 1Hand the electronic device 1A of FIG. 3B are described as follows. In theelectronic device 1H, a panel 10H is, for example, a micro LED displaypanel, and a light-emitting element 109A is, for example, a micro LED.

Referring to FIG. 15 , main differences between an electronic device 1Iand the electronic device 1H of FIG. 14 are described as follows. In theelectronic device 1I, a panel 10I may not include the pixel definitionlayer 108 of FIG. 14 . Under such structure, a light-emitting surface ofthe light-emitting element 109A (such as a micro LED) is used as a rangeof a light-emitting region (such as the first light-emitting region E1).In addition, the panel 10I may further include a repair region R. A partof the electrode patterns 107P of the third conductive layer 107 may belocated in the repaired region R. In this way, when the light-emittingelement 109A cannot be operated, another light-emitting element 109A maybe bonded to the electrode patterns 107P in the repaired region R.

Referring to FIG. 16 , main differences between an electronic device 1Jand the electronic device 1I of FIG. 15 are described as follows. In theelectronic device 1J, a panel 10J may not include the repair region R.

Although only a single light-emitting element 109A is shown in theembodiments of FIG. 14 to FIG. 16 , it should be understood that thenumber of the light-emitting elements 109A in the electronic device maybe plural. In addition, in some embodiments, although not shown, thelight-emitting element 109A may be an integrated LED (such as red, greenand blue LEDs packaged together), but the disclosure is not limitedthereto. In addition, the light control unit 12A in the embodiments ofFIG. 14 to FIG. 16 may also be replaced with the light control unit 12shown in FIG. 1B, and the light conversion layer 16 and/or thepassivation layer 18 may be added according to different requirements.

In summary, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the electronic deviceincludes a panel and a light control unit, the panel includes a firstlight-emitting region and a transparent region, and the light controlunit is overlapped with the first light-emitting region. According tosome embodiments, the light control unit may suppress the light emittedfrom the panel in a specific direction, which may improve the quality ofthe image viewed by the viewer. According to some embodiments, theelectronic device may be used in a vehicle, and the light control unitmay suppress the light emitted from the panel in a specific direction.In this way, the light in the specific direction may be reduced frombeing reflected by the windshield, so as to reduce the stray lightviewed by the driver to improve the quality of the image viewed by thedriver, and mitigate the impact on the driver’s attention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodimentswithout departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view ofthe foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covers modificationsand variations provided they fall within the scope of the followingclaims and their equivalents.

Although the embodiments and advantages of the embodiments of thedisclosure have been disclosed as above, it should be understood thatany person skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit andscope of the disclosure, may make changes, substitutions andmodifications, and the features of the embodiments may be arbitrarilymixed and replaced to form other new embodiments. Moreover, a protectionscope of the disclosure is not limited to the processes, machines,manufacturing, material composition, devices, methods, and steps of thespecific embodiments described in the specification, and any personskilled in the art should understand the processes, machines,manufacturing, material composition, devices, methods, and steps usedcurrently or developed in the future from the content disclosed in thedisclosure, as long as the substantially same functions may beimplemented or the substantially same results may be obtained in theembodiments described herein. Therefore, the protection scope of thedisclosure includes the above processes, machines, manufacturing,material composition, devices, methods, and steps. In addition, eachclaim constitutes an individual embodiment, and the protection scope ofthe disclosure also includes a combination of each claim and theembodiment. The protection scope of the disclosure is defined by theappended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device, comprising: a panel,comprising: a first light-emitting region; and a transparent region,disposed adjacent to the first light-emitting region; and a lightcontrol unit, disposed on the panel, wherein the light control unit isoverlapped with the first light-emitting region.
 2. The electronicdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light control unit iselectrically switchable.
 3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2,wherein the light control unit comprises a plurality of light-shieldingelements.
 4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein thelight control unit comprises a photoelectric material.
 5. The electronicdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein the panel further comprises: asecond light-emitting region, arranged adjacent to the firstlight-emitting region in a first direction, wherein the light controlunit extends along the first direction and is overlapped with the secondlight-emitting region.
 6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1,wherein the electronic device has a first side and a second sideconnected to the first side, a length of the first side is greater thana length of the second side, and the first side is substantiallyparallel to an extending direction of the light control unit.
 7. Theelectronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic devicehas a first side and a second side connected to the first side, a lengthof the first side is greater than a length of the second side, and thesecond side is substantially parallel to an extending direction of thelight control unit.
 8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1,wherein the light control unit is not overlapped with the transparentregion.
 9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein thelight control unit is overlapped with the transparent region.
 10. Theelectronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a light transmittanceof the transparent region to visible light is greater than or equal to60% and less than or equal to 99%.
 11. The electronic device as claimedin claim 10, wherein the light transmittance is greater than or equal to60% and less than or equal to 80%.
 12. The electronic device as claimedin claim 1, wherein an area ratio of the transparent region to the firstlight-emitting region is greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to
 20. 13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 12, whereinthe area ratio is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to8.